30% Performance

• Choose 1 solo and 1 ensemble from vocal or instrumental recordings.

30% Composition

• Choose two compositions from 4 Areas of Study.  
• Controlled Assessment. 1 Free Choice Composition and 1 Set Brief by Edexcel.

40% Listening (1 Exam)

• 8 set pieces of music
• Listening questions. 1 essay.

Five lessons per fortnight

3 composition. 2 listening.

1 composition per term (6 in Yr 10 and 2 in Yr 11)

1 performance per term (instrumental/vocal)

• Area of Study 1 Listening (Year 10 Terms 1,2)
• Area of Study 2 Listening (Year 10 Terms 3,4)
• Area of Study 3 Listening (Year 10 Terms 5)
• Area of Study 4 Listening (Year 10 Term 6)

Relate work to marking criteria and feed back on progress

Area of Study 1: Instrumental Music 1700 - 1820

• Bach (Brandenburg Concerto No.5 3rd Mvt)  
• Beethoven  Piano Sonata No.8  1st Mvt)

Area of Study 2: Vocal Music

• Purcell (Music for a While)
• Queen (Killer Queen)

Area of Study 3: Music for Stage & Screen

• Schwartz (Defying Gravity)
• Williams (Star Wars ‘Main Title / Rebel Blockade)

Area of Study 4: Fusions

• Afro Celt Sound System (Release)
• Esperanza Spalding (Samba Em Preludio)

Weekly (Daily) @ Home

• Performance Practise

Weekly @ School

• Extra curricular ensembles
• Composition preparation

Termly @ Home

• Revision for tests

15 minutes daily practise

Discuss set works and related music

Test set work fact sheets

Edexcel website, BBC Bitesize revision, free downloadable resources; You tube Edexcel set works

All set works, notes on set works are all on Microsoft SharPpoint

Composition preparation. Sibelius software/ Musescore

Dialogue/ discussion with school

• Class teacher 10B: chriscook@kings.lincs.sch.uk
• Class teacher 10C: justin.dixon@kings.lincs.sch.uk